By: Yasmine Omari, Manager, Family Enterprise Consulting, Deloitte, Middle East While family businesses tend to be a labor of love, carefully nurtured by their founders, many unknowingly expose their businesses to certain risks by virtue of failing to conduct the necessary risk assessments or implement the necessary precautionary measures. Family business owners are often so … Continue reading
by: ME POV editorial team Nothing is certain except death and taxes. So said Benjamin Franklin in 1789. Since then, there is much that has become certain, such as uncertainty, wars, tax evasion, money laundering and business travel to name but a few. Oh, and mobile telephony. Future historians will eventually make sense of our … Continue reading
By: Magali Abdessater, Assistant Manager and Jad Abdo, Experienced Associate, Audit, Deloitte, Lebanon Deloitte Lebanon, in collaboration with Injaz Al Arab, has managed to inspire the young and talented students of Université Saint-Joseph (USJ) to cross the boundaries of their university curriculum and tackle a real life business challenge faced by many employees across … Continue reading
by: Aya Dimashkieh, Senior, Brand & Communications, Deloitte, Middle East Luck is a controversial topic, often discussed in many speeches and decisively opt out by others. How should you react to the word luck? The more I go through life and grow in my career, the more I wonder if there is actual luck. If … Continue reading
by: Trajce Dimkov, Senior Manager, Risk Advisory, Deloitte, Middle East Kilimanjaro We all like challenges. Challenges are one of the main reasons why we are with Deloitte: Always new exciting projects and always unexpected events along the way. Challenges are not always comfortable (actually, often they are not). However, only with living at the edge … Continue reading
by: Radwan Al Khabbaz, Tadarab intern at Deloitte, Middle East Look around you for the best thing you can get. Set high goals and remember that there are no limits for your achievements as there are no limits for your dreams. Friday, June 2nd, 2017. As I reach the middle of my internship at Deloitte, I remember when I first met the company’s … Continue reading
by: Walid Chiniara, Partner and Head of Private Client Services, Deloitte, Middle East As a family business advisor, I have observed numerous interactions between family members as owners and employees of their family business. Among them, these individuals have navigated myriad obstacles and challenges, whilst in the majority of cases displaying an admirable amount of … Continue reading
by: Maya Bou Nader, Senior Manager, Operations, Deloitte, Beirut Not-for-Profit Organizations (NPOs) play an important role in our society, providing a wide range of services in areas such as health care, education, social support, and public awareness. NPOs often look at themselves as organizations with lower burden of competition, where beneficiary experience is not a … Continue reading
by: Jad Baroudi, Manager, Consulting, Deloitte, Middle East In February 2017, His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice President and Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai called on all Dubai Government entities to embrace disruptive innovation and work towards positioning Dubai 10 years ahead of other world cities. The Dubai … Continue reading
by: Diana O’Brien, Chief Marketing Officer at Deloitte In the early 1900s, the small number of women who worked outside the home could only aspire to be teachers, nurses, cooks, and a few other jobs available to women at that time. For two of my great grandmothers, working wasn’t a choice – they were both … Continue reading
